Schaff v. Sanders

Appellee, Charles Sanders, a minor, by his father, Newton Sanders, as next friend, sued C. E. Schaff, receiver of the Missouri, Kansas Texas Railway Company of Texas, and the Missouri, Kansas Texas Railway Company of Texas, for damages for the loss of the sight of Charles Sanders' right eye, which was alleged to have been occasioned by a spark or cinder from one of appellant's engines striking him in the eye, while a passenger upon one of appellant's trains.

Appellee pleaded his cause of action in several distinct counts or separate groups of facts upon which he relied for recovery. We set…